Glassworks

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The album's cover
The album's cover

Glassworks is an album by Philip Glass with 5 pieces, released under CBS/Sony Classical in 1982. It is regarded as being a characteristically Glass-like set of works. Facades has its origins in the film score Koyaanisqatsi, but this piece was ultimately not used in the film.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Opening"
  2. "Floe"
  3. "Island"
  4. "Rubric"
  5. "Facades"
  6. "Closing"; an instrumental reprise to "Opening".

[edit] "Opening"

"Opening" uses triplet eighth notes, over duple eighth notes, over whole notes in 4/4. Formally it consists of three groups of four measure phrases of three to four chords repeated four times each, ABC:||ABC, which then merges with the next movement, "Floe" with the entrance of the horns.

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